HAND DIGGING TOOL

HAND DIGGING TOOL

TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to a hand tool for gardening, comprising a rigid handgrip portion and a tool portion, said tool portion comprising at least one tool part, said tool portion hav ing a central axis extending in the direct ion of intended working movement of the tool part, the handgrip portion comprising a handgrip body with a lower gripping surface, arranged transversa! !y in relat ion to the extension of the central axis of the tool part and posit ioned abov e the tool portion.

BACKGROUND

It is known to hav e hand tool for gardening that in contrast to tradit ional hand tools make it easier to grip it and apply force, comprising a rigid handgrip portion and a tool portion, said tool portion comprising at least one tool part, said too! portion hav ing a centra! axis extending in the direct ion of intended working movement of the too! part, the handgrip portion comprising a handgrip body with a lower gripping surface, arranged transversa! ly in relation to the extension of the centra! axis C of the too! part and posit ioned abov e the tool portion. Further there is known another hand tool for gardening from GB 2481460 that is also intended make it easier to grip and apply force. Howev er, that design is relat ively complex to grip and does not make use of a rigid hand grip portion.

The abov e known hand tools do present some disadvantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the inv ent ion to improve the above kind of hand tool, which is achiev ed by means of a hand too! as defined in claim 1. Many adv antages are gained with the novel design according to the inv ent ion, e.g. easy to grip and apply force in a flexible manner by means of one and the same too! enabling ergonomica! and efficient gardening in various situations.

BRI EF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The inv ent ion will now be further described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :

Figure 1 is a perspective v iew of a hand too! according to one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a view from abov e of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a is a view from the side of Figure 1; and,

Figure 4 is a perspective view o the hand too! of fig. 1 from another angle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 there is shown a preferred embodiment of a hand tool for gardening, comprising a handgrip portion 1 and a tool portion 5, said tool portion 5 having a concave side and comprising at least one tool member 3, 4, said tool portion 5 having a central axis C extending in the direction of intended working movement of the tool part 3,4, the handgrip portion 1 comprising a handgrip body 10,11,12 with a first gripping surface 11 A, arranged transversally in relation to the extension of the central axis C of the tool part and positioned on the same side as the concave side of the tool portion 5.

In accordance with the invention a second handgrip portion 2 is arranged comprising a handgrip body 20, 21 in contact with said tool portion 5 and with a second gripping surface 21 A facing said first gripping surface 11A and a gap 6 formed between said second and first gripping surfaces 21A,11A, wherein said second handgrip portion 2 comprises a handgrip body 20, 21 having a T-formed cross-sectional design.

The first gripping surface 21 A of the second handgrip portion 2 is formed by the upper part 21 of the T-formed handgrip body 20, 21 and the leg part 20 of said T-formed handgrip body 20, 21 forms an integral part between the upper part 21 of said T-formed handgrip body 20, 21 and the tool portion 5.

The leg part 20 of said T-formed handgrip body 20, 21 may form a homogenous transversal wall dividing said the tool portion 5 into a first 50 and a second 51 tool parts. Thanks to this design there is formed limited spaces that may be used to safely carry items, e.g. seeds.

The first gripping surface 11 A has an extension in parallel with said central axis C of between 20 to 60 mm, preferably at least 30 mm. Thanks to this design a comfortable second grip is provided which allows a user to grip the hand tool from either one of the tool parts 3,4 enabling a more solid grip wherein the tool portion 5 may support the wrist when working with the opposite tool part 50,51 , in relation to the gripping.

Preferably the tool portion 5 has a curved cross-section with a first tool part 51 comprising a tool member 4 in the form of a spade blade 40, that may (or may not) be arranged with at least one transversally protruding wing portion 41. More preferred tool member 3 is in the form of teeth 30 protruding on a convex side of said tool portion 5.

The invention is not limited by what has been described above but may be varied within the scope of the claims. As is evident for the skilled person many varieties of a hand tool, with different sets of tools may be used wherein the basic principle of the invention is beneficial. Further, it is evident that the second hand grip portion may have various cross sectional forms that fulfils the purpose there of.